title: Common-path spectral interferometry with temporal carrier for highly sensitive surface plasmon resonance sensing.
abstract: Incorporating the temporal carrier technique with common-path spectral interferometry, we have successfully demonstrated an advanced surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensing system which achieves refractive index resolution (RIR) up to 2 × 10(-8) refractive index unit (RIU) over a wide dynamic range of 3 × 10(-2) RIU. While this is accomplished by optimizing the SPR differential phase sensing conditions with just a layer of gold, we managed to address the spectral phase discontinuity with a novel spectral-temporal phase measurement scheme. As the new optical setup supersedes its Michelson counterpart in term of simplicity, we believe that it is a significant contribution for practical SPR sensing applications.
authors.forename: Siu Pang
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Fong Chuen
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Loo
authors.forename: Shu Yuen
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Siu Kai
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Chi Man Lawrence
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ho Pui
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Ho